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Lula and a Respite for the Amazon

It a life-or-death issue that Bolsonaro not continue as Brazil’s president, given his dismantling of environmental policies in the country.

Central America is on alert and has activated its relief teams in the face of forecasts of heavy rains coming from Tropical Storm Julia.

Bolsonarismo emerged even stronger in Congress compared to 2018, winning 99 seats and achieving the largest bench in the chamber.

Petro intelligently used the expression war against the Amazon jungle to illustrate the damage that ecocide policies have left the region…

Claudia Camila from Venezuela took our photo of the day: “In Confidence”, in Caracas, Venezuela.

Lula’s supporters had hoped their Workers Party (PT) candidate would win outright on Sunday, meaning obtaining 50% of the vote.

So far in the voting, Lula has been strongest in the northeast of Brazil with Bolsonaro ahead in most other regions of the country.

If none of the 11 candidates garners 50% of the vote a runoff between the top two vote getters will be held on October 30th.

In Brazil, voters head to the polls Sunday for an election that could see President Jair Bolsonaro replaced by ex President Lula da Silva.

Yordanka Caridad from Cuba took our photo of the day: “Tree”, in Trujillo, Venezuela.